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Andrej Hieng
Andrej Hieng (17 February 1925 – 17 January 2000) was a Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director.
Andrej Hieng | |
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| Born | 17 February 1925 Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Slovenia |
| Died | 17 January 2000 (aged 74) Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupation | Writer, playwright, theatre director |
| Notable works | Čarodej, Obnebje metuljev, Čudežni feliks |
| Notable awards | Prešeren Award 1988 for his prose and drama works Kresnik Award 1994 Čudežni Feliks |
Hieng was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ljubljana between 1948 and 1952 and worked as a theatre director in Kranj, Celje and Ljubljana. As well as his plays, he is also known for his novels and short stories.[1]
He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1967 for his novel Gozd in pečina,[2] the Grand Prešeren Award in 1988 for his literary and dramatic opus[3] and the Kresnik Award for his novel Čudežni feliks in 1994.[4] In 1995 he was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[5] He died in Ljubljana in 2000.
List of works edit
- Novele, short stories, (1954)
- Usodni rob, short stories, (1957)
- Planota, short stories, (1961)
- Gozd in pečina, novel, (1966)
- Orfeum, novel, (1972)
- Čarodej, novel, (1976)
- Obnebje metuljev, novel, (1980)
- Čudežni feliks, novel, (1993)
Plays edit
- Cortesova vrnitev, drama (1969)
- Burleska o Grku, drama (1969)
- Gluhi mož na meji, drama (1969)
- Osvajalec, drama (1971)
- Lažna Ivana, comedy (1973)
- Izgubljeni sin, comedy (1976)
- Večer ženinov, drama (1979)
- Krvava ptica, comedy (1980)
- Nori malar, comedy (1980)
- Dež v Piranu, drama (1982)
- Zakladi gospe Berte, drama (1983)
- Mark in Antonij, drama (1983)
References edit
- ^ Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ISBN 961-6186-21-3
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients[permanent dead link]
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients[permanent dead link]
- ^ . Slovene writers' portal: Kresnik Award (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts site, list of deceased members (in Slovene)
External links edit
- Biography (in Slovene) on publisher's site 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine